Helen Sharman

Helen Sharman
Sharman in 2015
Born
Helen Patricia Sharman

(1963-05-30) 30 May 1963 (age 61)
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield (BSc in 1984)
Birkbeck, University of London (Ph.D in 1987)
OccupationChemist
Space career
Project Juno cosmonaut {{ }}
Time in space
7d 21h 13m
Selection1989 Juno
MissionsSoyuz TM-12, Soyuz TM-11
Mission insignia
Signature

Helen Patricia Sharman (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist and cosmonaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman in space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space station, in May 1991.